My New Favorite Show: The Joe Rogan Experience on Youtube

He interviewed Roseanne after she lost her show.
He interviewed Alex Jones (before he was banned from Twitter...)
It was his show that Elon Musk smoked that joint on.
He had Dr. Steven Greer on, Jordan Peterson, etc.

Joe Rogan is an amazing interviewer who doesn't only give people - who often have been judged, labeled, ignored or banned from social media - a chance to be heard and defend themselves (or their project or case) in a non-judgmental environment.

What's even more important, in my view, is that he gives us, the listeners, a chance to actually listen and make up our own minds about those people.

So much of what we hear in the news is either incomplete or incorrect. I don't want to judge people just because everybody does, or because mainstream media wants me to. I actually don't want to judge anyone.

So I actually sat through more than 3 hours of conversation with Alex Jones. Someone I did judge or at least ignored until now.

Will I start following him now? No. I can't stand his rants.
Am I glad I listened? Absolutely.

I believe he actually has good intentions. It's just the way he goes about them, or the way he communicates, that do not agree with everyone. I'm not a fan, I don't feel like learning everything about him and his history now, but I'm glad I listened.

There was a lot of crazy talk, but I love crazy. See what I mean in this short clip:

Had it not been for Joe Rogans genius interviewing and relating skills, though, I would have never had the chance to actually hear him. Because as soon as he would have gone off on a rant, I would have switched off. But Joe skilfully brought him back, every time he was about to gain speed.

I actually first came across this show when everyone was talking about Elon Musk smoking a joint publicly. First all, so what? Second of all - wasn't there more the story? Everyone just seemed to retweet that image and join the conversation on twitter, without ever having seen the actual show.

So, I watched it. I listened to the whole interview, from beginning to end - one of the best conversations I've ever seen, and my first real introduction to the human being named Elon Musk. He is not of this world... Absolutely fascinating.

This show really digs deep, instead of just scratching the surface. In a time of fake news where I often don't know what to believe anymore, it allows me to figure out the truth for myself. It may not be your truth, or anyone else's, but simply by listening and getting my own sense of people, I can make up my own mind.

From now on, I will just type in a persons name plus "Joe Rogan" when I want to learn more about them or get a real sense of who they are.

Andreas Antonopolous has been on the show a few times, too, by the way. Amazing, as usual, and highly recommended!

Are you familiar with the show? What's your favorite interview? I'm watching Stephen Greer now, and have Jason Silva on my list afterwards... :)